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Photograph of a ritual inside a hall with a dark backdrop and a painted decorative pillar. A man in saffron-orange robes with a layered beaded rudraksha-style mala stands at centre, hands together at his chest, eyes closed as if chanting. Beside him stands a large ornate brass oil lamp, a deepam with multiple wicks, flanked by marigold garlands. Behind a painted backdrop of a deity form with blue skin and white wings, two more people in saffron robes stand at left, one holding a brass plate. The scene resembles an aarti or puja. Visible people: four in saffron robes.

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October 27 20082008-10-27October 27 20082008-10-27August 09 20102010-08-09November 12 20102010-11-12October 27 20082008-10-27Evening aarti ceremony outdoors near a pink ornate temple pillar. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-bead necklace and red tilak stands centre, holding a multi-tiered brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) with flames aloft. Beside him, a figure in white ritual clothing with a gold necklace holds a golden staff with a trident, and other devotees in orange and white stand nearby. Golden trident-topped staffs are visible at left. A man in a blue shirt and a woman in an orange shawl also hold lamps at right. Crowd members stand behind. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe, gold ceremonial necklace, and the Swamiji role of performing the aarti at the centre of the scene.2010-09-24July 07 20092009-07-07October 27 20082008-10-27June 08 20172017-06-08September 22 20122012-09-22Evening puja in a temple hall with a carved stone pillar and wooden lattice windows. A man with swept-back long dark hair and red-orange ochre robes, wearing a red and pink flower garland, holds a lit camphor aarti lamp toward a deity murti. Behind him a priest in white dhoti and white shawl with a flower garland holds the flame, and a bald priest in orange robes and rudraksha mala holds a brass plate. The deity murti sits under a hooded serpent canopy, draped in pink and red flower garlands, on a teal and gold cloth-covered peetha. Brass lamp stands stand in the foreground. Smoke rises from the lamp.2013-03-07Photograph of an evening puja inside a temple-like pavilion with white tent cloth and pink trim overhead. A priest in orange robes and an orange headband stands at left, holding a lit lamp in his raised right hand toward a gilded shrine. Behind the shrine stands a deity murti with a golden arch and a red backdrop, flanked by smaller figures and garlands. A golden kalasha-like vessel sits before the deity. In the foreground is a gold-edged rectangular fire pit with white kolam lines and an oil lamp. At right, a seated man in orange-red robes with palms pressed together faces the shrine on a gold throne-like seat with red cushions. Striped mats cover the floor. Two people are visible in the scene, the standing priest and the seated devotee, with another partial figure at far left edge.2017-09-11